Jim Hawkins said he and the bear "did a rodeo thing for a while" before the animal realized it couldn't run away

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In this July 20, 2016 photo provided by Sharill Hawkins, a bear who had a plastic container on its head is tended to near Glenwood Springs, Colo. A Colorado bed and breakfast owner armed with just a length of rope helped save the black bear.

A Colorado bed and breakfast owner armed with just a length of rope helped save a black bear with a giant plastic container stuck on its head.

Jim Hawkins got his lasso around the animal's midsection on the first throw. He said Thursday that he and the bear "did a rodeo thing for a while" before the animal figured out that Hawkins was the reason it couldn't run away.

That's when the bear went after Hawkins, leaving him with scrapes and a wound that needed stitches. It then scrambled up a tree, remaining there until officials arrived.

Carbondale District Wildlife Officer John Groves tells the Post Independent newspaper that officials tranquilized the bear and cut the container off its head.